Blacksmith s tongs



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo CHARLES W. LE COUNT, OF NORWALK, CONNECTICUT.

BLACKSIVIITHS TONGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,603, dated October 24, 1865.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. LE COUNT, of the town of Norwalk, county of Faireld, and State ot` Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in the Mode of Construoting` Blacksmiths Tongs 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a correct description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the formation of tongs in two separate parts, arranged so that the jaws can be adjusted to any given distance between, by means ofa serrated portion operating and working on ya fulcrumpin.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed t0 deV scribe the same.

In the drawings, Figure l is a View of the tongs with the jaws closed. Fig. Zisa view when thejaws are extended.

The general form and construction of In tongs are in all respects similar to the common tongs now in use, but the shape of the jaws may be varied for any other purpose. But, instead of the two parts ot' the tongs being riveted together by the center fulcrum-pin, l form one half, C, with the mortise in the headin the usual manner, but with the tulcrnm-pin placed on one side, instead of at the center, as shown in the drawings. On the other half, D, Iform on the part that fits in the mortise a square space, E, on the edge of which I make a series ofserrations or teeth, A, ofa peculiar shape, as shown` inthe drawings, to correspond to and t on the fulcrum-pin B, and the hooking,l beveled form allows the saine to be easily removed from the fulcrum-pin when thejaws are required to be adjusted to any other distance apart, and as easily placed on again.

ln Fig. l the tongs are described when they are used to hold a very small article between the jaws, the extreme serrated notch resting, on the fulcrum-pin B. The shanks ofthe tongs being held as usual, the jaws have the same permanent holden the article as if thefulcrumpin were in the center.

In Fig. 2 the tongs are described as they appear when extended to receive alarge article between the jaws, each notch A giving tlievarions sizes required and each giving,` the same permanent grasp.

This adjustable arrangement will be found to be in almost all cases a great and useful convenience, holding faster in consequence ot' the jaws being always parallel, instead of being` in` angular or beveled position when the fulcrum-pin is placed in the center in the oldfashioned way. lt also obviates the necessity ot'having a number ot' sizes of tongs, and ot' the workman continually altering and bending` the jaws ofthe tongs to suit the various thicknesses of the iron to be handled.

\Vh.\t l claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Thetongs constructed as and for the purypose described, or their equivalent.

C. W. LE COUNT. Witnesses:

WM. VINE, ALFRED H. CAMP. 

